A wounded Louisville police officer has been moved more.
And our continuing coverage of the April 10th mass shooting at Louisville's old national bank that left five dead.
Officer Nicholas Wilt has been in critical condition since he was shot in the head.
He has also now developed pneumonia.
The Courier Journal reports he was moved from view of Al Hospital to Jewish Hospital yesterday to receive care from a specialist.
When Officer Wilt responded to the shooting at Old National Bank, it was only his fourth shift as a police officer.
Before that, he worked as an emergency medical technician in La Grange, a suburb of Louisville.
Yesterday, EMT and medical professionals at his old post took part in a blood drive honoring Wilt's dedication to public service.
Do you feel that donating blood can help with that, that feeling of helplessness to make you feel again like you've contributed or just helped out in any way?
Feels good to get blood knowing that it might help somebody who's been affected by gun violence.
The blood supply for when someone has been shot is extremely crucial.
Depending on the amount of blood loss.
A person on average can lose about a liter and a half to two liters of blood.
And we can treat them with I.V.
fluids and a lot of those cases.
And they're they're basically glorified Gatorade that goes through the V.A.
It gives the the remaining blood, the volume to move around.
What they lack is the ability to carry oxygen.
And that's what these people really need.
So once you get above that one and a half to two liters of loss, we have to have those red blood cells in there.
We have to have those clotting factors.
But, yeah, having that on hand is absolutely crucial.
They're going to need so much more blood than some of the other injuries.
But it's important to give blood because it touches so many people in the community.
You know, one in four people are going to need a blood transfusion at some point in their lifetime.
It touches everyone.
And so if you're wondering why you should donate blood, it's it's to give back to people that you love.
And, you know, we know that need is going to pop up at some point.
And the most important thing in our industry, in order for us to save lives and serve patients specifically here in Kentucky, that blood has to be on the shelf when the need arises.
You know, we can't predict when, when or where you're going to need it.
We just know that's going to happen.
And so the important thing is to have that blood there and ready to serve local patients.
This is not my first time donating blood.
I've done it many times, but this one's a little bit more special just because the officer.
Officer Nicholas Well, you know, being an EMT and all that and the shooting, I just want to be able to help in any way I could.
I knew Nick was going to be a special.
He is a special young man.
I knew he was going to change the local police department.
I knew he was going to be a great officer.
As a family, we're doing whatever we can to support him and also, when we look back a week and a half ago and, you know, we went through 270 units of blood, as I understand it, that blood came from somewhere.
And now it's our turn to give back.
I think as a whole, our people are always wanting to give back to the community in any way they can.
And this is one way to do that.
One way to honor Nick.
And yeah, the reality is this could happen to any of us at any time or someone that we love.
So if you want to do something that makes a huge impact on a community that has a real difference, it's going to save other lives.
Giving blood.
I can't think of a better way of doing that.
AT this sparked you for the first time to come out and donate blood.
There's going to be more need for it to keep coming back.
Heroes helping Heroes.
According to Johns Hopkins, a gunshot victim is five times more likely to require a blood transfusion, and they require ten times more blood than people injured in car accidents.
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